Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2010

The Top 10 Blogs for Writers contest is always fun to watch, and a great way to add some new favorites to your own list of must-read blogs.

This year the contest has shaken things up a little, moving from Michael Stelzner’s Writing White Papers site to Leo Babauta and Mary Jaksch’s Write to Done. Copyblogger was not eligible this year because our own Brian Clark was one of the judges along with Leo, Mary, Michael and Deb Ng.

The winners are a talented and creative bunch, with lots of strong fiction blogs appearing on the list. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners!

Storyfix by Larry Brooks, with invaluable tips on how to get your manuscript to “better than perfect” so you can snag that book contract.

Men with Pens by James Chartrand for comprehensive advice on writing, blogging, and business.

Make a Living Writing, a new blog by Carol Tice, gives frank advice to writers about what it really takes to make a living in this business.

Cats Eye Writer by Judy Dunn, about social media copywriting, branding, and how to get more visitors coming to your blog.

The Renegade Writer by Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell gives the real scoop on why the usual advice for freelance writers is B.S. (and what you should do instead)

Writer Unboxed, a popular multi-author blog on the craft and business of genre fiction, with advice on agents, editors, and of course writing.

Wordplay by K.M. Weiland helps writers become authors by giving insightful advice in a down-to-earth, friendly style her readers love.

Sonia:
Thanks for sharing this. I always wonder about the criteria for picking top blogs, in posts about top blogs. Even Time Magazine (probably other major publications) have the top blog picks. So it raises this question for me – what is the criteria used?
Randy

Hey, thanks very much guys. It’s an honor to have my site on the list, and I’m in very, VERY good company indeed this year. It’s been good to see so many deserving people get mentioned and discovered. Keep up the good work, everyone!

Thank you for the mention! I love running the Renegade Writer blog and I’m glad that others love reading it. I’m very experienced in writing for magazines but am only starting to become more savvy as a blogger. I’m going to subscribe to your feed right now!

Great list! I feel “in the know” because I follow half of these already, and I’m looking forward to knowing much more! I also have a writing blog, http://www.excuseeditor.com, that focuses on inspiration and motivation for the beginning or blocked writer, and offers a monthly list of writing contests and markets I compile myself (researching markets and reading other people’s writing blogs is how I procrastinate–Guilty!)

Thank you for mentioning this list on your site! I was so honored to be a part of it, my fellow winners are people I’m also going to be reading in the coming year. They are all very useful in different ways.

i did not read the top text and straightaway jumped to the top ten list. I have read your top 10 blogs for 2009… So I was shocked to see that copyblogger was not included as Brian Clark was one of the judges. However, copyblogger is really everyone’s favorite and my favorite (even though they recently refused my guest post as they have a certain pool of guest writers :S yet I can’t lie).

I suggest, make a list of All-time top 10 blogs for writers and please don’t take Brian in as a judge 😉